Once a day we will post a theme for you to draw. Reply in the post for that day and get feedback on your art! Let's help each other grow as artists! And remember it's never too late to go back to older posts and participate too!

Alternate Theme: There's an super amazing band called Slight of Hand who's hoping to get some internet votes for new equipment, you should follow that link, make a free account, and hit that VOTE button on the right just under the picture! After that, go draw them or something IDK.

The shadows/lighting is off position. Look at the top hat, the light is hitting from right side. But look at the rest of the picture, its hitting off from left side. That indicate that the top hat shadows are off. Easy to fix.

Hey I've seen before (may have been you) the pseudo palette in the corner. I think it's super clever but I'm just wondering how you decide on the colours? So for example you've got the base skin tone, then are you looking to add specific variants or just what looks natural to you?

For me it's just what looks natural. I have to play around with different colors a lot before I find one that is the right tone (most importantly) and shade before I add it to the pseudo palette. It does save me a lot of time (and frustration though)!

since you asked for citique: i like the fire and the idea, however, you could have used a more energetic background, like from a more interesting angle. Also more contrast between black and white might work for you.
Hope that helps :).